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Providence College T e Co SINCEl 1935 thecowl.com w Vol. LXXXII No. 14 January 25, 2018 Back in Black (& White) The Board of Programmers (BOP) executive board and Sharon Hay, director of student activities and cultural programming, have been excitedly planning the event. Hay said, “It was wonderful to see the success of last year’s Black & White Ball which brought nearly 2,500 students together. Thanks to the generosity of Student Affairs, it’s exciting to be working with BOP to bring a second Black & White Ball to the campus. Plans are well underway to transform Peterson Center—it will be a night to remember. Be sure to get your ticket when they go on sale Feb. 1.” Elizabeth Jancsy ’18, president of BOP, said, “One of the things I loved about the Black and White Ball last year was how inclusive it was. The ball welcomed faculty, staff, and all PC students. To see Peterson transformed into a beautiful ballroom for everyone to come together is amazing. We want to make it a tradition every year at PC.” This year's Black and White Ball, which has an estimated budget of $35 thousand, will be held on Friday, MLK Week/ Page 2 February 23. Tickets will be available Students from all classes attended last year's Black and White Ball celebrating PC's centennial anniversary. NICHOLAS CRENSHAW '20/THECOWL to all PC students for $15. While last year’s ball was celebrating 100 years of PC, this by Gabriella Pisano '18 100 years of PC, the College held the first dance open to all PC year’s ball will be a celebration of News Co-Editor many events, with perhaps the most students in a long while. With the College that students call home. memorable being the Black and White ceiling to floor drapes and curtains, “The Ball is a celebration of all of Preview Ball. chandeliers, and lights, Peterson the students of Providence College On Friday, February 17, 2017, was unrecognizable. Because the coming together and celebrate PC as Last year marked Providence Peterson Recreation Center was event was such a success, another a whole,” said Jancsy. College’s centennial year. To celebrate transformed for the ball, marking Black and White Ball for all students DANCE/Page 4 Women's March Inspires Grassroots Movement New Hours & New Food by Gabrielle Bianco ’21 by Alexandra Huzyk '20 Opinion Staff News Staff Politics On Campus “Time’s Up.” “Liberty and Justice for All.” As the spring semester commences, students “Resist.” Slogans such as these were emblazoned on the Providence College campus begin on signs at the Rhode Island Women’s March, held acclimating to both their new schedules and the on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at the Rhode Island recently altered dining hall hours. State House. Thousands were in attendance in The new hours for Alumni Hall are 10:30 a.m. response to actions by the government and current to 11 p.m. on weekdays, and 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. on president which are threatening to the rights of Saturdays. Eaton Street Café is open on Sundays women, minorities, immigrants, and the LGBTQ+ from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m., and on Monday through community. In a time in which people are frustrated Thursday from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. The Café is by the measures taken by the government, it is up open on Fridays from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., and to civilians to be instruments of change in their on Saturdays from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday communities. through Saturday, students can go to the Eaton While a number of activists from different Street Café’s window from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. backgrounds spoke at the march, no politicians Stuart Gerhardt, general manager of the dining took to the podium. The decision to not have any facilities, explained that before each semester politicians speak lent itself well to the purpose of the begins, the transaction history and sales of each march, which was to focus on civilian social justice dining facility are analyzed. rather than politics. NICHOLAS CRENSHAW '20/THECOWL ACTIVISM/Page 6 SODEXO/Page 2 Alumni Hall's new Asian food station. Providence College’s Student-Run Newspaper Since 1935 UNDERTHEHOOD News 2 News A&E Sports Opinion 6 Dr. Bernice A. King Check out our review Who will win Photography 11 addresses PC community of TDF's production Super Bowl LII? A&E at MLK Academic of Hamlet. Patriots vs. Eagles 13 Convocation. Portfolio 16 Page 2 Page 13 Page 23 Sports 21 Page 2 News January 25, 2018 Dr. Bernice King Speaks at MLK Convocation King Discusses Nonviolent Protest and Creating the “Beloved Community” by Ernie Andreoli '18 positive change in people and institutions. News Staff According to Dr. King, nonviolent resistance, a practice her father tirelessly encouraged, is the most ON CAMPUS necessary tactic to be used in social movements, as well as throughout our lives. Specifically, in a time of Dr. Bernice A. King, a distinguished minister and the technological connectedness and social unrest, Dr. youngest daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King proclaimed that “when it comes to humanity, King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, presented the keynote we cannot have losers.” Ultimately, in order to “create address at the inaugural Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, a beloved community,” Dr. King exclaimed that Jr. Convocation at Providence College on Thursday, nonviolent resistance will lead to our spiritual and January 18. Over 600 students, faculty, and members moral development. of the Providence community packed into the Peterson Dr. King examined her father’s studies in theology Recreation Center to hear Dr. King’s lecture on her and civil activism, and how these teachings fare in 2018. father’s legacy, as well as the importance of sustained As her father declared in the mid-1950s, she reiterated civil rights activism. that the Montgomery Bus Boycott “was not a victory In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of her over white people.” Rather, Dr. King emphasized that father’s assassination, King stressed that “together we the political and social protest was a “victory over win with love for humanity.” After an introduction by injustice.” In order to expose the ugliness of violence Dr. Hugh F. Lena, provost and senior vice president for and injustice in this day and age, Dr. King encouraged academic affairs, Father Brian Shanley, O.P., greeted all in attendance to face prejudice through love. the crowd by touching upon the late Dr. King’s vision Following Dr. King’s address, Tavares moderated a of the “beloved community.” Fr. Shanley reiterated Q&A session between Dr. King and those in attendance. that an interconnected community and a “just social Adriel Antoine ’18, president of PC’s chapter of the order” could only be accomplished through “faith, NAACP, asked Dr. King for her thoughts on how to hope, and love.” As a part of the MLK Convocation NICHOLAS CRENSHAW ’20/THE COWL keep the momentum going with current social and week on campus, Fr. Shanley honored Dr. Francis P. political resistance movements. “People are responding, MacKay, Dr. René E. Fortin (posthumous), Dr. Mark N. have divided the College’s community to a certain but they are not organizing,” stated Dr. King. While Rerick (posthumous), and Rev. Robert A. Morris, O.P. extent, he asserted that “love will keep us planted.” she acknowledged that protests are an important (posthumous) for creating the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Following Tavares’s remarks, Phionna-Cayola component of nonviolent resistance, Dr. King insisted King, Jr. Scholarship at Providence College. Claude ’18, president of Student Congress, emphasized that “the goal is change.” Fifty years ago, Rev. Morris, a champion of diversity the “power of conversation” to combat bigotry. Dr. King encouraged all in attendance to make and inclusion, encouraged the College’s administrators Claude contended that while all individuals hold justice, freedom, and righteousness a reality. In January to create a scholarship for incoming students that different beliefs, equality and justice are essential for 2012, Dr. King was appointed chief executive officer of commemorated the civil rights achievements of the communal development and self-actualization. Prior The King Center, a nonprofit organization founded by late Rev. Dr. King Jr. During the fall semester of 1968, a to introducing Dr. King as the keynote speaker, Claude Coretta Scott King in 1968. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, cohort of students received this notable award. Today, stated that Dr. King is the living example of her father’s this resource institution is committed to nonviolent 100 students have received this scholarship from purpose. social change in honor of the late Rev. Dr. King Jr., the inspiring works of these four honorees and their In commemoration of her father’s life, Dr. King Mahatma Gandhi, and Rosa Parks, among other commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. encouraged all in attendance to perform 50 acts of influential social activists. Dr. King graduated from Following the inaugural presentation of the MLK kindness and service to individuals of another race Spelman College with a B.A. in psychology in 1985 and Vision Award, Ralph E. Tavares, director of multicultural between now and April 4, the day her father was obtained her J.D. and Master of Divinity from Emory student success and assistant dean of undergraduate assassinated in Memphis, in an effort to mitigate the University in 1990. Reflecting on the convocation, studies, spoke of the continuous importance of current racial climate. Furthermore, Dr. King invited Jayson Sanderson ‘21 noted “It was breathtaking.” selflessness, dedication, and love throughout our lives all attendees to take part in the March for Humanity Sanderson went on to state that Dr.